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Water purity is a fundamentally important factor in many laboratories, yet it is frequently overlooked.
Researchers use water in most lab processes,
and poor water quality can quickly lead to
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Accurate salt content determination in petrochemical products such as crude oil and bitumen is of utmost importance to petrochemical companies. The presence of salt (present as
sodium chloride) ... read more

The above headline is not a typo, since there is no “k” in “hydraulic fracturing.” This correction was just one of many misconceptions addressed in a daylong session on hydraulic stimulation of petro-... read more

The first commercial liquid chromatograph was probably an amino acid analyzer. These ion exchange chromatographs were so specialized that they had almost no impact on chemical analysis outside of ... read more

Hydraulic fracturing (energy extraction) was invented by Floyd Farris and Joseph Clark (Stanolind Oil and Gas Corporation) in 1947 for the mining industry, but the modern horizontal
fracking ... read more

Perchlorate is identified as an environmental contaminant found in drinking, ground, and surface waters. The origins of perchlorate are both natural and anthropogenic. In its natural origin, ... read more

As evidence grows indicating the harmful effects of low-level exposure to hazardous air pollutants such as air toxics, there is an increasing need for analytical labs employing canisters to detect ... read more

Ion chromatography (IC) with conductivity detection has been used successfully to determine anionic and cationic substances as well as polar compounds such as amines and organic acids. However, in ... read more